Sunday, 27 September 2015

Monksilver's UDC is known in red between February 1847 and January 1851, and in orange between February 1847 and April 1850. The four examples are either red or orange (!), I've plumped for orange for the last example and red for the other three, but I'm not sure - I need to see some good examples to know what shades to look for.

Here is an example of the Monkton UDC in black from May 1855, currently the only known example.

This last cover has a clear blue UDC from Seavington along with a faint black Hazelbury UDC. This is currently the latest example known of the Seavington UDC in blue and of the Hazelbury UDC in black.

Sunday, 20 September 2015

Some more Undated Circular handstamps, starting with one from Chew-Magna under Bristol in black from April 1853. Interestingly the contents appear to be the actual signed and witnessed Will of Mrs Marianne Hutcheson.

The next is from Clatworthy under Wiveliscombe in brown from November 1851. This is currently the only known example in brown.

And finally two examples of the UDC from Crowcombe under Taunton, from July 1847 (currently the earliest known example) and July 1849 (currently the latest known example).

Wednesday, 16 September 2015

Below are examples of two different "BLAGDON" UDCs for two different Blagdon's. The first, issued in May 1848, is for Blagdon under Bristol, some 12 miles south-west of Bristol and 34 miles north-east of Taunton. The second, issued in June 1848, is for Blagdon under Taunton, some 5 miles south of Taunton. This latter Blagdon is now called Blagdon Hill (renamed in 1902, presumable to avoid confusion).

Sunday, 13 September 2015

I have an entire, written in Stogursey, and posted to Stogumber on 28th November 1851. It has some undated circular handstamps that would extend the known usage dates for Stogursey (where it was posted) and Cannington (on the route into Bridgewater).

Unfortunately all the interesting strikes are very very poor ! Below on the left is a bright red "STOGURSEY" UDC overstruck by a red/brown "CANNINGTON" UDC.

Here is a larger image of the UDCs:

Do you believe me ? ... I'm not sure I believe me, but I'm sure that is what the strikes should be, and there are hints that the interpretation is correct ... but definitely not good enough to go into the UDC catalogue of Somerset & Dorset that the S&DPHG is updating.